Tag Archive | "Hawaii County"
Posted on 3:55 pm, Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Tags: chain of craters road, governor neil abercrombie, Hawaii County, state of hawaii
Gov. Neil Abercrombie today issued an executive order that turns over 3.68 miles of the state-owned portion of Chain of Craters Road near Kalapana to Hawaii County. The executive order states that the land is “hereby turned over to the County of Hawaii, in fee simple, for use as a county highway, and the County […]
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Posted in Government, News
Posted on 8:10 am, Friday, August 8, 2014. Tags: Hawaii County, hurricane iselle
Residents are being allowed to return home in all areas except Ka’u and Hamakua, where storm conditions are continuing. Shelters will remain open in Laupahoehoe, Honka’a, Ka’u and Pahoa. Rolling blackouts will occur due to two power plants being offline in the wake of the storm.
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Posted on 10:39 pm, Saturday, July 19, 2014. Tags: fire ants, Hawaii County
MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation has partnered with County Councilman Dennis “Fresh” Onishi to obtain $375,000 to control little fire ant infestations island-wide. The State Department of Agriculture is providing $200,000, and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council has awarded a grant of $175,000 that will allow the Department of Parks […]
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Posted on 2:33 pm, Friday, February 28, 2014. Tags: billy kenoi, budget, Hawaii County, mayor
This FY 2014-2015 budget is $9,403,477 or 2.3 percent larger than the budget in effect when this administration took office in 2008. During the past five years of budget challenges caused by the national and international recession, we have continued to invest in county infrastructure while restricting spending and coping with increased health care and […]
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Posted in Government, News
Posted on 1:25 pm, Friday, January 25, 2013. Tags: Hawaii County, hilo, parks and recreation
The County of Hawai‘i Department of Parks and Recreation announces the temporary closure of its Recreation Office located within Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Lū‘au Hale at 799 Pi‘ilani St. in Hilo.
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Posted on 4:38 am, Monday, December 31, 2012. Tags: Hawaii County, state id cards
The County of Hawai’i will add staff at its Hilo and Kona driver’s license offices in January to try to expedite applications for licenses and state identification cards, but county managers are asking members of the public to be patient if they encounter unusually long lines or delays during the first week of the New […]
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Posted in Government, News
Posted on 1:31 pm, Thursday, December 20, 2012. Tags: Hawaii County, hilo, mayor billy kenoi, senator daniel k. inouye
The public is invited to come in to sign memorial books and remember a man who did so much for the people of Hawai‘i for so long. At the end of next week, the books will be sent to the Inouye family.
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Posted on 4:20 am, Sunday, December 16, 2012. Tags: christmas, Hawaii County, open house
Free fun, food and festivities for the whole family will be part of the County of Hawaii’s 2nd Annual holiday open house – the Magic of the Season.
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Posted on 8:05 pm, Friday, November 30, 2012. Tags: Hawaii County, hilo, holiday
Free fun, food and festivities for the whole family will be part of the County of Hawai‘i’s 2nd Annual holiday open house – the Magic of the Season – to be held December 10-21 at the Hawai‘i County Building in Hilo.
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Posted on 9:27 pm, Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Tags: billy kenoi, general election, Hawaii County, mitch roth
Kenoi tops Kim; Roth in as prosecutor; new slate of council members
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Posted in Elections, Featured, News, Photographs
Posted on 8:41 am, Thursday, October 4, 2012. Tags: Hawaii County, police, recruitment
The Hawaiʻi County Department of Human Resources will be recruiting applicants for Police Officer positions beginning next week. Recruitment will be open from midnight on Sunday, October 7, until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 19. Applicants must apply using the County of Hawaiʻi Job Opportunities web page.
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Posted on 10:31 am, Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Tags: geothermal, Hawaii County
To help inform good decision making on the use of that fund, the county Department of Research and Development has contracted for an independent joint fact finding study to help lay the groundwork for future geothermal health studies to be conducted in the Puna community.
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Posted on 6:00 pm, Friday, September 21, 2012. Tags: elections, Hawaii County, uh-hilo
Hawaii County Prosecutor candidate forum at the University of Hawaii at Hilo media symposium.
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Posted in Elections, News, Videos
Posted on 3:00 pm, Friday, September 21, 2012. Tags: elections, Hawaii County, mayor
Hawaii County Mayoral Forum at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s media symposium.
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Posted in Elections, News, Videos